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Big Dipper
Stroke count: 4

Readings

On readingト、トウ
Radical no. 68JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. big DipperRtK
    北斗七星は簡単に見つかる。You can find the Big Dipper easily.tatoeba
    本斗西能登呂岬線Honto - Nishinotoro-Misaki routewiki
  2. ten sho (vol)
  3. sake dipper
  4. dots and cross radical (no. 68)
  1. to
  2. traditional unit of volume, approx. 18 litres
  3. square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)
  4. chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
  5. third string of a koto (counting from the player's near side)

Synonyms

琴

Homonyms

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Same reading (と)
戸 · door (esp. Japanese-style)途 · way

Radicals and components

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Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

ⓘ

big dipper · measuring cup · big dipper · The Plough · drop (丶) · ten (十) · needle (丨)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1261

Compound words

一斗いっと
1 "to" (unit of volume, approx. 18 litres)
斗酒としゅ
kegs of sake
斗争とうそう
fight
斗枡とます
18-litre measuring container
不斗ふと
suddenly
漏斗じょうご
funnel
熨斗のし
noshi
一斗枡いっとます
18-litre measuring container
火熨斗ひのし
traditional ladle-shaped, charcoal-heated clothing iron
五斗米ごとべい
small salary
長熨斗ながのし
stretched dried abalone (used as a betrothal gift)
湯熨斗ゆのし
steam ironing
北斗星ほくとせい
the Big Dipper (asterism)
熨斗紙のしがみ
wrapping paper for a present
熨斗袋のしぶくろ
paper bag for putting a present in
熨斗目のしめ
variety of ceremonial dress made of intertwined cloth and silk threads
熨斗鮑のしあわび
thin string of dried abalone (often tied to a gift)
鮑熨斗あわびのし
dried stretched abalone flesh
分液漏斗ぶんえきろうと
separatory funnel
北斗七星ほくとしちせい
the Big Dipper (asterism)
熨斗を付けるのしをつける
to happily give away
熨斗目斑螟蛾のしめまだらめいが
Indian meal moth (Plodia interpunctella)

Additional Examples

斗瓶取り・斗瓶囲い
Tobintori or tobinkakoiwiki

Stroke Order

4 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 斗

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